Pamela Eloho Akinidowu

Biography:

Pamela Akin-Idowu is an Assistant director and a Research scientist at the National Horticultural Research Institute (NIHORT), Ibadan, Nigeria. She heads the biotechnology unit of NIHORT where she manages research laboratories and coordinates project activities. Pamela has a PhD in Biochemistry (specialization in plant molecular biology) from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Her current research focuses on developing and optimizing protocols for in vitro propagation of some horticultural crops for mass production of healthy planting materials to meet farmers need. She has over 18 years experience in plant tissue culture techniques and molecular characterization. Other areas of research interest are in the characterization of horticultural crops for conservation of germplasm for use in crop improvement programmes based on phenotypic (qualitative and quantitative methodologies) and DNA markers (RAPD, SSR, SDS-PAGE).

She is a recipient of many fellowships including the African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD) a Bill and Melinda gates scholarship programme, Nuffic-Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NFP) and MASHAV (Government of Israel) Scholarship Programme.

She has attended much training locally, regionally and internationally where she gained knowledge and hands-on skills in both advanced tissue culture and molecular techniques.

Pamela has published in many peer reviewed journals and has presented papers in both local and international conferences. She has also organized training workshops on plant tissue culture technology where she has participated as resource person and course coordinator.

She is also a member of professional bodies like the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN) and the Horticultural Society of Nigeria (HORTSON).